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The meeting of the South West Governors Forum earlier scheduled for Monday, April 24, 2017, in Abeokuta, capital of Ogun State has been postponed.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Senior Special Assistant to Ogun State governor on Media, Adejuwon Soyinka, in Abeokuta on Monday, a copy of which was made available to our correspondent.

The reason for this was to honour the late Director-General, Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, (DAWN) Commission, Mr. Dipo Famakinwa.

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The statement read in part, “The South West Governors have decided to put the meeting on hold in honour of the Director -General of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, DAWN Commission, Mr. Dipo Famakinwa, who sadly passed away on Friday, April 21, 2017.

“While we regret any inconveniences this might have caused, a future date for the meeting will be duly communicated.”

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Ogun State Governor, Senator Ibikunle Amosun, has described the death of the Director-General of the Development Agenda for Western Nigeria, DAWN Commission, Mr. Dipo Famakinwa as shocking, sudden and sad.

Famakinwa was said to have died in the morning of Friday, April 21, 2017.

The governor, while reacting to news of the death of Famakinwa, on Friday, said, “it is a great loss to the Southwest geo-political zone and indeed the entire nation.”

He added that, “the death of Famakinwa is a blow to the regional integration efforts of the States of Western Nigeria where he had effectively created a template for regional competitiveness and optimisation.”